Posted on 10/31/2023 11:41:08 PM PDT by RandFan
President Biden would veto a package put forward by House Republicans to provide aid to Israel while cutting funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and leaving out funding for other national security priorities, the White House said Tuesday.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) picked apart the House GOP proposal in a lengthy statement of administration policy, arguing it “inserts partisanship into support for Israel” and fails to meet the moment by leaving out humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza and aid for Ukraine and allies in the Indo-Pacific.
“This bill is bad for Israel, for the Middle East region, and for our own national security,” the OMB said.
The White House further asserted that the GOP proposal marks a break from bipartisan precedent by seeking funding cuts as part of an emergency national security package.
“Congress has consistently worked in a bipartisan manner to provide security assistance to Israel, and this bill threatens to unnecessarily undermine that longstanding approach,” the OMB said. “Bifurcating Israel security assistance from the other priorities in the national security supplemental will have global consequences.”
Tuesday’s statement from the OMB said the administration would continue to work with lawmakers in Congress to secure an agreement on the supplemental request put forward earlier this month by the White House.
The GOP package unveiled Monday would provide $14.3 billion in aid for Israel in its battle against Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza that carried out terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, which left roughly 1,400 Israelis dead.
The proposal would cut IRS funding included in the Inflation Reduction Act, a sweeping tax, health and climate bill signed into law last year as one of Biden’s signature policy accomplishments.
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And even though the media will try to minimize Biden's role, it will be clear that for once, the GOP House is doing it's job.
It’s time for Rand and Johnson and anyone else in the Senate who is right thinking to assert themselves and shove Biden’s threats up his @$$.
If he, Biden, wants to play chicken let him and his Communists in the Senate just go for it.
Johnson must tell Biden, and the Senate:
If you don’t like taking the money from the IRS, you need to find somewhere else, in current projected, allocated, budgeted spending that your willing to take the money from, from the trillions you expect to spend.
HOLD THE LINE!!!
Thanks for your very well thought out and witty reply. I see you used the same brilliant retort yesterday, and people were equally impressed.
schumer will not let it come to the floor for a vote
The new Speker should make it clear that henceforth bills will be limited to one topic at a time — no more glomming on issues that wouldn’t pass on their own merits. If Brandon wants to veto id to Israel, let him.
Biden hates Israel, so he's using the excuse that decoupling with aid to Ukraine (and the resulting BIG kickbacks to the Biden Crime Family) to strangle them fianacially.
And the 1,000 American hostages Joe?
This is another Afghanistan disaster unfolding.....
Sorry....1,000 still in Gaza........
When and if he does, head to any camera you can find Republicans. Call him an antisemite, a hater, and he wants to bring back the ovens of Germany.
Even the news media is limited by the material at its disposal. As the top national Republican officeholder at the federal level, Speaker Johnson will be an attractive figure in opposition to Biden. The last major budget showdown pitted the bloated and often pompous sounding Gingrich against a rakish and glib Clinton. This time, the calm and well-spoken Johnson will have an innate advantage over the faltering Biden.
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